Army Reporter information
for 1 INF DIV

For date 680518


1 INF DIV was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Dinh Tuong Province, IV Corps, South Vietnam
Location, Tan Hiep
Description: The following is an edited version from the weekly Vietnam Communique column in the 18 May 1968 issue. A search of a village erupted into a 10-hour battle recently resulting in 236 VC killed by infantrymen of the 1st Inf Div. Elements of the 1/18th Inf had just begun to search the village of Tan Hiep, two miles north of Di An when they received a heavy barrage of small arms and automatic weapons fire followed by rocket grenades. They immediately called for helicopter light fire teams from a troop of the 7/1 Cav. Two companies of the battalion were also deployed to reinforce the infantrymen. In addition, two troops of the 1/4 Cav were called in. Throughout the morning and afternoon the U.S. units continued the fierce battle. Artillery batteries from C/2/33 Arty in Di An and B/2/13 Arty in Phu Loi poured over 1,600, 105mm howitzer rounds into the enemy positions. During the action, five suspects were detained, one of whom was a probable VC battalion commander. All five, four of whom were reported to be officers, were taken to Di An for further questioning. After darkness set in and the action had subsided, the Big Red One units swept the battlefield and counted 236 enemy bodies. They also found a large number of weapons including 38 individual and eight crew-served weapons. Seven U.S. soldiers were killed and 18 others wounded and evacuated during the action.

The source for this information was 6805AR.AVN supplied by Les Hines


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